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Tales of a Russian Grandmother
by Carpenter, Frances
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good+
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1939. Later printing, dated 1939. Beautiful full-page illustrations in color and black-and-white. Light wear to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate is on the front free endpaper. Otherwise fine in a square, tight binding. The dust jacket is chipped and torn at the spine ends. The spine is slightly sunned. The price, $2.00, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+. Illus. by I. Bilibine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015326
- Title
- Tales of a Russian Grandmother
- Author
- Carpenter, Frances
- Illustrator
- I. Bilibine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Children's Fiction Folk Stories
Terms of Sale
Banjo Booksellers
Payment by PayPal, certified check, USPS money order, or personal check in US dollars drawn on a US bank (please allow time for personal checks to clear). We also accept most major credit cards through Biblio. Our books are guaranteed to be as described, with a thirty day right of return. Email notification is required to advise us that a book is being returned.
About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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